What you see: White crusty flakes at the top of your milk jug What it is: Dried milk Eat or toss? Eat! Well, not that you need to go out of your way to consume
These white crystals are badges of savory cheese honor
What you see: White dots in your aged Italian-style or gouda cheeses that are clearly not mold. What it is: Crystals of an amino acid called tyrosine. Eat or
Whitish stuff on chocolate is edible, but…
What you see: A light, whitish/grayish/beige-ish powdery coating on chocolate. What it is: “Bloom,” the result of fat or sugar exiting the “chocolate matrix”
The white fuzz inside your clementine is supposed to be there
What you see: A delicate white fluff in the center of your clementine (or tangerine, or other type of mandarin) What it is: Basically just an airier version of
Why are there stringy blobs on my egg yolks?
What you see: White, stringy blobs on the yolk when you crack open an egg. What it is: The chalazae, essentially a set of strands built into the egg to anchor
Tiny scratches all over your pepper?
What you see: Little lines or scars on your bell pepper. What it is: The result of a sudden, unexpected growth spurt. Eat or toss? Eat! These are just harmless
Why is the inside of my tomato white and hard?
What you see: A hard, white area inside a tomato What it is: Likely the result of problematic weather conditions on the farm Eat or toss? You could eat it, but
Are baby carrots with white stuff OK to eat?
What you see: A whitish film on baby carrots. What it is: The carrot is drying out or the carrot was physically damaged and the white stuff was its response to
What’s the white stuff on grapes?
What you see: White film on grapes. What it is: “Bloom” produced by the grape as a natural protection. Eat or toss? Eat! It’s just part of the grape’s natural
What’s the white stuff on cooked salmon?
What you see: White stuff oozing out of your salmon as it cooks. What it is: Perfectly edible coagulated protein. Eat or toss: Eat! Is the white stuff on
